Biology Minor

Christine Stracey, Department of Biology

The biology minor allows students from any major to pursue a focused exploration of a track in biology such as general biology, field biology, or cell and molecular Biology. Requirements for the biology minor tracks will include four courses: no more than two courses chosen from BIOL 201BIOL 202 and BIOL 203 , and at least one course at the 300 or 400 level, in consultation with a Department of Biology advisor.

The minor in biology is not available to biology majors.

Minor Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours (four courses). Appropriate prerequisites are necessary for upper-level courses.

General Biology Track

Select no more than two courses from the following: 4 or 8
Intro Biol: Form and Function
Intro Biol: Ecol and Evolution
Intro Biol:Molecules and Cells
Select two or three additional biology courses (at least one course must be at the 300 level or above)8 or 12

Total credit hours required for biology minor: general biology track is 16 credits

Field Biology Track

Select up to two courses from the following: 4 or 8
Intro Biol: Form and Function
Intro Biol: Ecol and Evolution
Intro Biol:Molecules and Cells
Select two or three additional field biology courses from the following (at least one courses must be at the 300 level or above):8 or 12
Field Botany
North Carolina Freshwater Fishes
Vertebrate Field Zoology
Natural Science Seminars
Invertebrate Zoology
Ichthyology
Animal Behavior
Ornithology
Conservation Biology
General Ecology

Total credit hours required for biology minor: field biology track is 16 credits

Cell & Molecular Track

BIOL 201Intro Biol: Form and Function4
Select three additional biology courses from the following (at least two courses must be at the 300 level or above):12
Introduction to Scientific Inquiry
Molecular Cell Biology
Microbiology
Psychobiology (PSY 340)
Sensory Systems. (PSY 343)
Biochemistry (CHEM 434)
Genetics

Total credit hours required for biology minor: cell and molecular track is 16 credits